Vote “NO” On Amendment 1 In November Because Amendment 1 May Block Out The Sun
Sun blocked by clouds, by Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker
Dear Friends & Neighbors,
Amendment 1 Blocks The Sun (credit: Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker)
Sun blocked by clouds, by Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker
VOTE “NO” ON AMENDMENT 1 IN NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION
Amendment 1 May Block Out The Sun ,
We Need Fair Value of Solar, Not Amendment 1
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Unlike the Amendment 4 that was passed in August Primary, the Amendment 1 that will show up on your November Ballot is not a pro-solar initiative and is more like a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” (warned by Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente, as indicated in Floridians For Solar Choice) or a Trojan Horse (as indicated in Windermere Sun). Amendment 1, if passed, will block the Sun.
The exact wording of Amendment 1, below:
Amendment 1 was written to add Section 29 to Article X of the Florida Constitution. The full text of the constitutional changes is below:
| “ | Section 29 – Rights of electricity consumers regarding solar energy choice. – (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. Electricity consumers have the right to own or lease solar equipment installed on their property to generate electricity for their own use. (b) RETENTION OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ABILITIES. State and local governments shall retain their abilities to protect consumer rights and public health, safety and welfare, and to ensure that consumers who do not choose to install solar are not required to subsidize the costs of backup power and electric grid access to those who do. (c) DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “consumer” means any end user of electricity regardless of the source of that electricity. (2) “solar equipment,” “solar electrical generating equipment” and “solar” are used interchangeably and mean photovoltaic panels and any other device or system that converts sunlight into electricity. (3) “backup power” means electricity from an electric utility, made available to solar electricity consumers for their use when their solar electricity generation is insufficient or unavailable, such as at night, during periods of low solar electricity generation or when their solar equipment otherwise is not functioning. (4) “lease,” when used in the context of a consumer paying the owner of solar electrical generating equipment for the right to use such equipment, means an agreement under which the consumer pays the equipment owner/lessor a stream of periodic payments for the use of such equipment, which payments do not vary in amount based on the amount of electricity produced by the equipment and used by the consumer/lessee. (5) “electric grid” means the interconnected electrical network, consisting of power plants and other generating facilities, transformers, transmission lines, distribution lines and related facilities, that makes electricity available to consumers throughout Florida. (6) “electric utility” means any municipal electric utility, investor-owned electric utility, or rural electric cooperative which owns, maintains, or operates an electric generation, transmission, or distribution system within the state. (d) EFFECTIVE DATE. This section shall be effective immediately upon voter approval of this amendment. |
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Part (b) is where we have seen the punitive additional fees being placed on solar installers in Nevada, so much so that it drove the solar businesses out of the state of Nevada. Part (b), if passed, would give the green light to utility companies to convince various cities’ PUC (Public Utility Commission) to place unfair additional fees on those who are installing solar. This is not what we want. We want fair value of solar being evaluated by neutral third party, so that all consumers (those who are installing solar as well as those who are not installing solar) will be treated fairly. It is important to remember to vote “NO” on November Amendment 1 Ballot and request Florida legislators to obtain studies on fair Value of Solar. I will prepare the next post to explain, in more details, on Value of Solar. We don’t want unfair fees added to solar installations (which is what Amendment 1 may encourage) and drive solar businesses out of our state of Florida, as what had happened in Nevada, indicated in the video below:
VOTE “NO” ON AMENDMENT 1 IN NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION
Amendment 1 May Block Out The Sun ,
We Need Fair Value of Solar, Not Amendment 1
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